“You know, I had tough matches against her in the past”.
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But Wawrinka lifted his intensity and took the match to a fifth set.
She did just that, attacking the serve of Sharapova, the 2008 champion and four-time finalist in Australia.
“I’ve already played seven matches”.
MURRAY VS. FERRER. The Scotsman has won 12 of 18 matches against Ferrer, including the last five.
Andy Murray has revealed that his emotions have got the better of him at the Australian Open, despite his seemingly serene progress to the quarter-finals. It seemed as though Raonic had the spot locked up after he went up two sets to none, but that was only the beginning.
Half of the semi-final draw for the 2016 Australian Open has been confirmed, with four places still on the line on Wednesday.
Johanna Konta mounted a stirring comeback to upset Ekaterina Makarova 4-6 6-4 8-6. We all know about his serve, which is nothing new, but now he’s added some serve and volley tactics.
“The first set was very close”. Zhang said that since Stosur, who played a lefthander in the first round, needed a practice player, she and her coach hit with the Australian.
She’s now the first British player since Durie in 1983 to advance to the quarterfinals in Australia. While Raonic did rise as high as No. 4 in the rankings last May, he also suffered a foot injury that sidelined him from a number of tournaments, including the French Open.
Raonic cruised to the first two sets, then watched as Wawrinka attempted to come back from two sets down for the seventh time in his career.
Then there was Milos Raonic, the Montenegro-born Canadian who talked about how he will be playing in the celebrity game during NBA All-Star Weekend in Toronto next month. Raonic won in Brisbane, beating Roger Federer in the final, and Wawrinka in Chennai. Raonic clinched the match in 3 hour, 44 minutes with a victor to the open court at love in the final game.
Meanwhile, Canadian star Milos Raonic impressively ousted the 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka in a tense five-setter 6-4, 6-3, 5 -7, 4-6, 6-3, and will face Frenchman Gael Monfils in the last eight.
It’s the second straight year Raonic has made the quarters in Melbourne.
Williams has won every semifinal she’s contested at the Australian Open, and gone on to win the title each time.
The 14th-seeded Azarenka will take on No. 7 Angelique Kerber in the quarterfinals.
Murray lost the second set of his match with Ferrer on a tie-break, but ultimately triumphed with a degree of comfort following a brief delay owing to storms in the area, which prompted the closing of the roof on Rod Laver Arena.
Long seen as a threat to the Novak Djokovic-led establishment, 25-year-old Raonic showed ice in his veins to fend off the 2014 champion 6-4 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-3 after the 30-year-old Swiss roared back from two sets down.
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Monfils had a less stressful round-of-16 match than Raonic as he took out Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5 3-6 6-3 7-6(4).
